Search for dissertations about: "shame"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 81 swedish dissertations containing the word shame.
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1. Shame and guilt : Sociology as a poietic system
Abstract : This dissertation had a clear and simple task: to define what shame is. This necessarily entailed clarifying the distinction between shame and its main modem counterpart, guilt. READ MORE
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2. More or less than human : the influence of shame on psychological distress
Abstract : Background Shame is a powerful emotion involved in a wide variety of phenomena including psychopathology. The propensity to react with shame to situations of transgression is formed early in life, but the processes by which elevated shame-proneness causes higher levels of psychological distress and functional impairment in some people rather than in others is as yet poorly understood. READ MORE
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3. Guilt and shame in end-of-life care : the next-of-kin's perspectives
Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to explore and describe the concepts of guilt and shame and gain a greater understanding of the next-of-kin’s experiences of guilt and shame in end-of-life care.Methods: Study I was a qualitative secondary analysis of 47 interviews with next-of-kin searching for experiences of guilt and shame. READ MORE
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4. Shame: Mechanisms of Activation and Consequences for Social Perception and Self-image
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was the exploration of shame. Four experiments are among the very first to empirically test the validity of Tomkins' shame concept. The relation between internalized shame and memories of early interactions was examined, as well as Tomkins' concept of shame as an innate, momentary emotion. READ MORE
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5. Male's honour and female's shame : Gender and ethnic identity contructions among Turkish divorcées in the migration context
Abstract : This dissertation deals with the construction of gender and ethnic identity among Turkish immigrant divorcees in Sweden. The author explores what it means to be a divorcée from the perspective of fifteen Turkish women of varying ages and with different socio-economic and regional backgrounds. READ MORE